Best New Fashion Film

Ford-Halliday, Emily (Recipient)

Edinburgh College of Art

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Description

Voting by International Jury (composed by Giorgio Armani - President of the jury, Cass Bird, Oskar Metsavaht, Waris Dirie, Ezra Petronio, Cristiana Capotondi, Vicente Todolì, Sissy Vian, Angelo Flaccavento).

Best New Fashion Film

Awarded date	6 Nov 2019
Degree of recognition	International

Awarded at event

Event title	Fashion Festival Milano
Location	Via Milazzo, 6, 20121 Milano MI, Italy, Milan, ItalyShow on map
Period	6 Nov 2019 → 10 Nov 2019

Keywords

Fashion
Film
Inclusivity
Diversity
Disability
Participatory Research

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The sixth edition inaugurated with the award ceremony Milan's Teatro dal Verme on November 6, 2019, and kicked off a five-day event from November 6–10. Inclusivity was the leading topic at this edition of the festival; several filmmakers explored the topic by questioning gender, race and disability.[17] The contest featured 200 fashion films as the selection of 1000 entries from 50 countries, including films from Nigeria, China, Mexico, Finland and Iceland.[18] Best New Fashion Film was awarded to Emily Ford-Halliday for her highly original film that collaborated with young blind person to discover their relationship to fashion. The jury was presided by fashion designer Giorgio Armani[19] and included top model and human rights activist Waris Dirie, photographer Cass Bird, UNESCO ambassador for peace and sustainability and president of Instituto-E Oskar Mesavaht[19] and curator Vicente Todolì. The edition featured the European and Italian premieres of “Peter Lindbergh: Women's Stories”, with an introduction by Paolo Roversi, Carla Sozzani and Alessia Glaviano and “The Times of Bill Cunningham”, introduced by director Mark Bozek.[17]